From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:41:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:41:43 -0400 Received: from gateway-1237.mvista.com ([12.44.186.158]:8186 "EHLO av.mvista.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 26 Oct 2002 11:41:41 -0400 Message-ID: <3DBAB90F.CEF29920@mvista.com> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 08:47:27 -0700 From: george anzinger Organization: Monta Vista Software X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12-20b i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pavel Machek CC: Linus Torvalds , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] High-res-timers part 2 (x86 platform code) take 6 References: <3DAFB303.4543C579@mvista.com> <20021023093815.GB3416@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > This patch, in conjunction with the "core" high-res-timers > > patch implements high resolution timers on the i386 > > platforms. The high-res-timers use the periodic interrupt > > to "remind" the system to look at the clock. The clock > > This scares me: > > +#define fail_message \ > +"High-res-timers: > >-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<\n"\ > +"High-res-timers: >Failed to find the ACPI pm timer > <\n"\ > +"High-res-timers: >-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<-->Boot will fail in > Calibrate Delay <\n"\ > +"High-res-timers: >Supply a valid default pm timer address > <\n"\ > +"High-res-timers: >or get your BIOS to turn on ACPI support. > <\n"\ > +"High-res-timers: >See CONFIGURE help for more information. > <\n"\ > +"High-res-timers: > >-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<--><-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<-->-<\n" > > Does that mean our boot has now so much junk in it that we start > adding ascii art for "important" messages? Well, Yes! It does. However, the problem here is that this is detected prior to enabling the console so, unless the boot can limp along until that happens, this message will not be seen. I have seen both conditions... I am open to suggestions... Thanks for looking. -- George Anzinger george@mvista.com High-res-timers: http://sourceforge.net/projects/high-res-timers/ Preemption patch: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml